1999 Robert Craig Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  9/17/2023 - GamerGENT Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Peppery, nice level of tanins, lighter version of the LA Noire Wine

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  1/1/2022 - Lype Likes this wine:

  Tempting nose with cassis and sweet herbal scents, the palate is fully resolved and filled with ripe dark fruit, cassis, roasted coffee, sweet spice, dusty cedar and more, the only (minor) caveat being that the sweet oakiness just about manages to be not too commercially appealing. The fruit component is ripe but this has fresh character thanks to the good acidity and resolved tannin. Long silky finish with sweet herbal oak. At this age the 1999 probably is not a declaration of explosive power of Napa Cab., instead this displays seamless integration of all elements and is in a perfect spot right now.

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  4/13/2019 - Eye Drink Reds Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow, much better than the last bottle I had. Did not decant this time, which might have helped make it seem more fresh. This was not muted at all. Mature notes of baked cherry, ripe blueberry, ceder, and loamy earth. This can go a few more years.

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  11/27/2018 - Eye Drink Reds Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Muted nose of earth and spice. Smooth, dark fruited palate, with silky, rounded tannins. Medium finish. Drinking great on PnP but held on strong even after 3 hours in decanter.

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  7/16/2017 - jfutey Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Nineteen ninety nine. Aka, the last century, the last millennium. This 99 Robert Craig Mount Veeder cab is still fresh after all these years. Slight bricking showing some age, big whiff of violets, red fruits and a touch of bacon and menthol on the nose. Still plenty of bright fruit in the palate along with Cassis and a slight earthy, sous bois overtone around the whole thing. Plenty of that mountain acidity and fully resolved tannins gives this wine great balance. Unctuous finish that lasts a spell and the only presence of oak makes itself known here in an ever so slight yet pleasing manner. I seldom feel inspired to write this much but, wow, what an amazing wine!

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